What does the Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic (CKM) Syndrome mean for nephrologists?
A single number for advocacy and communication
Over 850 million people worldwide have some form of kidney disease
On a world scale, the total number of individuals with chronic kidney disease (CKD), acute kidney injury (AKI), and those on renal replacement therapy (RRT) exceeds 850 million, a truly concerning figure that is twice the estimated number of people with diabetes worldwide and >20 times higher than the number of individuals affected by AIDS/HIV worldwide. Thus kidney diseases are one of the most common diseases worldwide.
